[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 32 (Tuesday, March 21, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H1128]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              DEADLY CARGO

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, this week we will have an opportunity to 
once again protect our Nation, our citizens, and our environment by 
voting no on S. 1287, the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act.
  If passed, Mr. Speaker, S. 1287 will launch the largest nuclear waste 
shipping program in human history.
  A no vote will send a clear message that we do not support 
transporting the world's deadliest material, nuclear waste, through our 
Nation's cities, near our children's schools, and through our rural 
communities.
  Mr. Speaker, the Department of Transportation reported that in a 10-
year period there were almost 100,000 transportation accidents 
releasing hazardous materials; 100,000.
  Just imagine the consequences of a transport accident involving 
nuclear fuel containing massive amounts of radioactivity occurring as 
it travels through the most congested cities of 43 States.
  Mr. Speaker, let us not put millions of our Americans or our 
environment at risk. Vote no on S. 1287.
  I yield back S. 1287, a plan to transport nuclear waste that only 
serves to jeopardize the health and the welfare of every American.

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